LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 3, 2019- THIRTY FIVE YEARS AGO U2 RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE).’ BONO WROTE THE SONG AFTER A TOUR OF THE CHICAGO PEACE MUSEUM IN 1983 AND CHECKING OUT AN EXHIBIT DEDICATED TO MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
BONO IS SPEAKING ABOUT THOSE THROUGHOUT HISTORY WHO HAVE DIED BECAUSE THEY PREACHED OF THE EQUALITY OF ALL MEN AND PRACTICED NONVIOLENCE AS THE ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOAL.
KING WAS KILLED ON A MEMPHIS MOTEL BALCONY ON APRIL 4, 1968.
BONO SINGS “EARLY MORNING APRIL 4” BUT KING WAS ACTUALLY SHOT A LITTLE AFTER 6 PM. BONO HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE MISTAKE AND OFTEN SINGS IT “EARLY EVENING APRIL 4.”
HERE’S U2’S TRIBUTE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
